In a press release this week, the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) and the Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KARLO) announced that they are confident the National Biosafety Authority in Kenya will approve their application to release Bt Maize.

In Western Kenya on the outskirts of the town of Eldoret lives a farmer who dreams of creating a more prosperous community. But he is no ordinary farmer. Gilbert Bor and his family live next door to the farm on which he grew up, but he has travelled globally and his experiences from around the globe have helped inspire his vision for his community and for his country.

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